patriotism to his base by teasing his on going feud with nfl players protesting during the national anthem. this as nfl owners prepare to find a mutual way forward. joining me now is lou moore, assistant pro fester of history at grand valley state university. he is the author of we will win the day: the civil rights movement, the black athlete and the quest for equality. and jack brewer of former nfl player and now ceo and founder of the brewer group. he is also an ambassador for peace as sport with the u.s. federation of middle east peace at the united nations. let me go to you, lou. the nfl is meeting this week with the players association in some players. the fear that many of us have in the civil rights community is that they re trying to move away
just bash police officers. we need to go and unite with them. a lot of police officers are men of color. i think, you know, if we all come together as one kpluncommu we can make a big impact. lou, i noticed that the president has taken his issue and tried to act like it s about the anthem and the flag when that is not what the players kneeling have raises issue. they re not kneeling against the flag. they re kneeling raising police brutality and racism, wanting the flag to stand for all americans. is it not noticeable to you as one who teaches in this area the president has made sure he is not discussed police brutality or racism at all under his administration? he s really making this something else so he doesn t have to be accountable for what he can deal with with his justice department? that s xakexactly right.